Ep. 58 - "*batteries not included" (1987) Guest Matt "Lank" Hingstman brings an old favorite of his, "*batteries not included" (sic), and forces Mark and Chad to watch it while at gunpoint. A small scuffle promptly followed, the dust settled, and Jessica Tandy was all that remained. Or not. Maybe no...

Speaking of...uh, so Chad...LAX footage for Untitled Australian Road Trip film is in the can? Or on the card, or however you put it? Definitely not yet. Job yes. Personal projects no. You offering to shoot it? :P :P :P Even knowing, as you do, that I live to disappoint you - nobody but NOBODY wants...

Ep. 57 - "Phoebe In Wonderland" (2008) Today the guys tackle a... children's film? Or is this a movie for parents? We can't decide. The movie is 2008's "Phoebe In Wonderland", starring Elle Fanning in one of the more incredible child actor performances possibly ever. Mark and Chad also talk "SOLO".....

TL;DR - "So can watching TV and movies help someone's writing improve? It absolutely can." Personally, I really, really suck at dialogue. Probably because I read a lot more than I watch. Or I just suck as a writer. "The Value of TV/Movies/AV Media to a Writer" http://www.chrisbrecheen.com/2013/04/t...

Ugh. SOLO was terrible. First time I've finished a Star Wars movie having not experienced at least one "moment" of complete escapism (it's the ONLY Star Wars film I've seen that can claim that). Worse than AOTC. Worse than the Ewok movies (both of them). Even the Holiday Special evoked more emotion ...

Ep. 56 - "Ace In The Hole" (1951) Kirk Douglas will live forever. No, seriously, he's 101 and still putting on one-man shows in Los Angeles. But 67 years ago he was busy starring in "Ace In The Hole", a noir(ish) morality tale from director Billy Wilder. Mark claims this is one of his top films "of ...

Where there's a will, THERE'S A WAY! An L.A. trip? Ohhhh shitttt! haha, nice! Hopefully by then I'll actually have some semblance of a life - until then, I'm under embargo on the new show (we don't wrap filming for another 10 days). I'll keep my fingers crossed that we can find time to grab a beer!...

My guy is back from vacation and as eager as I am to get out and get these shots done! He has the wedding next weekend so I don't imagine we'll get out before then but, hopefully, not long after we should be out and wrapping up principal. The shots I managed to get on the last outing were sparse bu...

Beer? Cat babble? Domesticity? LOL ugh. Chad needs more sleep. Good observations on how we spend our time - we really do use each hour of every day for something, and if we want to do something new we have to jettison something else from our life. Thanks for the commentary on this one - I was also ...

"The Void" (2016) Chad and Mark are back! The guys discuss work-life balance, wondering what it is, and what it means to be a creative person with no time to be creative. They also flip the script with Chad bringing a movie he's never seen - yet Mark had. This week's film is a 2016 micro-budget indi...

So, Spring has sprung, the trees are foliating, and my gear is gathered. The plan is to head out on the trail tomorrow morning and film. Weather is supposed to be just right and my main character needs to cut his hair for a wedding soon. Then he's heading out to South Carolina on vacation so this n...